Thandika Mkandawire était un économiste malawite et un intellectuel public qui était titulaire de la Chaire de développement de l'Afrique et professeur de développement de l'Afrique à la London School of Economics. Il est un chercheur largement publié sur les sciences sociales en Afrique.
Zenebeworke Tadesse
Tadesse was born in Addis Ababa to a Catholic family.[1] Her father worked for the government.[1] She attended a Catholic girls' school, where she was taught by missionary priests.[1] She later studied in the USA, where she spent time in Minnesota and Indiana initially studying journalism, later switching to international relations once she realized that the lack of press freedom in Ethiopia would thwart a journalism career.[1] She moved to Chicago, where she was involved in the civil rights movement and the Black Panthers. She later moved to Harlem.[1